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Friday, June 5, 2026
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Friday, June 5, 2026
US forces boarded sanctioned vessel in Indian Ocean overnight, Pentagon says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS forces overnight conducted an interdiction of the sanctioned stateless vessel M/T DAVINA in the Indian Ocean, the Indo-Pacific Command says.
“We will continue global maritime enforcement to disrupt illicit networks and interdict vessels providing material support to Iran, wherever they operate,” it writes in an X post.
Washington has imposed a blockade on Iran’s trade by sea, while Iran has fired on ships to prevent them sailing through the Strait of Hormuz waterway at the entrance to the Middle East Gulf. US forces have intercepted multiple commercial and oil tankers in the Indian Ocean in recent months.
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